NYSE Euronext comes to Jones Graduate School to discuss the future of capital markets

HOUSTON – (March 25, 2010) – Business leaders and up-and-comers from across Texas gathered at Rice University's Jesse H. Jones Graduate School of Business today to discuss the future of capital markets with Duncan Niederauer, the CEO of NYSE Euronext.

Niederauer and Bill Glick, dean of the Jones Graduate School, hosted a panel discussion on the economic crisis, regulation, a changing shareholder base and the future of the global economy with CEOs of NYSE-listed companies in Texas and the Dallas Federal Reserve Board chairman.

"NYSE Euronext is proud to partner with Rice University's Jones Graduate School of Business in hosting an open forum on the future of capital markets companies," Niederauer said. "As we work to rebuild public trust and confidence in the economy and markets, it is important to exchange thoughts and ideas with communities and constituents across America. Rice University and Houston present an ideal platform for the public, private and academic sectors to join together to share perspectives on the economy, regulation and markets that impact our lives today and in the future."

Later in the day, students and faculty from Rice's Jones Graduate School were tapped to ring the NYSE Closing Bell® remotely from campus. Rice is only the second university to have this honor; the first was Emory University in 2009.

"From the inception of this program, the Jones Graduate School has been excited to host NYSE Euronext and the leaders of these important international companies," Glick said. "It meant so much to our students to have access to and hear directly from these esteemed corporate leaders about the experiences they have had. More important still, our students had the opportunity to discuss the future of business, the future in which they will lead."

Panelists included James Hackett, chairman and CEO of Anadarko Petroleum and chairman of the Dallas Federal Reserve Board of Directors; Lanham Napier (Rice '93), president and CEO of Rackspace Hosting Inc.; James Turley (Rice '77 & JGSB '78), global chairman and CEO of Ernst & Young; and John Carrig, president and chief operating officer of ConocoPhillips.